> Okay... I received my alpha preinstalled with RedHat 3.0.3 on it. I was
> wondering a few things.
>
> 1) Why won't the default disk images (kernels) boot under MILO?
>
> 2) none of my kernels the I compile myself will work. The gzipped
> vmlinux is also 200K bigger than the one that came shipped with my
> machine... What could I be doing wrong?
> Is this the correct procedure for making the kernel (seeing as there's no
> Alpha-kernel HOWTO):
>
> make config (menuconfig); make dep; make clean; make vmlinux; make
> modules; make modules_install
>
> Or am I missing something?
> Thanks...
I went through all that this week, so it's fresh in my mind. If
you do a "make boot", a compressed kernel (vmlinux.gz) will be put in
arch/alpha/boot. That one should work. If you want to do it manually,
you do a "make vmlinux", then a "strip vmlinux" then a "gzip -fv vmlinux".
Your MILO and your kernel must also be the same version (or at
least close). If you're playing w/ 2.0.X kernels that might bite you.
Also MILO finds your kernel by /path/filename, so if you're letting it
boot automatically and you've changed the name of the kernel that might
give you problems.
Well, I hope this helps.
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